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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm really bothered when certain branches of Christianity turn it into a tribal thing, "follow us or you go to hell." Jesus did NOT preach that sort of judgement of others.

Signed, a Christian[/quote]

Well, there is some scripture you should know beyond, "Judge not lest ye be judged."

Take a look at Chapter 5 of First Corinthians.  Paul explains quite plainly that believers should separate (he uses the word "expel") from immoral people.  He very explicitly puts this kind of decision directly in the hands of Jesus in verse four.

There is other new testament scripture detailing how believers should behave toward those who are serious sinners.  To enact that behavior, one would clearly have to "judge" that person's behavior as sinful.  I think the key is that Jesus does not think we should judge the "soul" of another, but it seems that it is OK, and in some cases mandated that we judge the actions of others.

In this age of moral equivalence there is much of a tendency to say that it isn't our place to judge others.  St. Paul teaches otherwise.  Most Christians believe the words written by Paul were divinely inspired.  [/quote]

Paul was helping to build the first Christian communities, and he was addressing issues like whether to require circumcision. While I do view him as divinely inspired in his work, I and many/most Christians don't give his words the same weight as Jesus' words recorded in the gospels. A bible literalist would take every word from Paul and give it equal weight, but literalism is rapidly losing sway where the Old Testament and Paul are concerned, as I'm sure you're aware.[/quote]

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